Trunk.



No. B25-.556. PATBNTED ,JULY w, 190e.

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TRUNK.

APPLIATIH FILED DBO.20. 1995.

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TRUNK.

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UNITED .STATE I PATENT OFFICE HENRYW. ROUNTREE, 0F RICHMGND. VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR UE GNE? 'TO HENRY W. COTTRELL, OF RICHMOND, VIRGS.

TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Jo a when@ 251mg concern: Be it; keowii that I, HENRY W. RooNTREE, a. citizen of theUnited Stetes, residing et Richmond?` in the county of Henrico andV State of YV11' nia, 'have invented eertein new and useful En rovements in Trunks; and I do hex-eb declre the following to be a full, clear, an exact description of the invention, such as Wiii enebe others skilled in the art te which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the aoeompanying drawings, and toletters and Vfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part. of this specification.

l My invention relates to trunks, and more artleularly to that class of trunks known as Wardrobe-trunks, nwhich eiothes een he hun on the usual oiothes-hengers and such clot es be held securely in extended position, and has' for itsobject the revision of resilient means whereby the eiotlhes on the hangers will be held tightlyrin their com ertment WithoutA being rumpled or jamme toward one end during the hendiin of the trunk irrespeotive of the number o garments inthe wardrobe-compartimenti together with details of construction to be hereinafter de-V scribed jand claimed.

-Referx-ingfto 'the .d1-swings, in Which'like parts areY similarly designated, F' re 13s e perspeetiveviewof the open tru Fig. 2 1s e. transverse central seetion. Fig. 3 is a.

transverse section showing e. modified strutsV ture.

The trunk is composed of two box-like pep tions hjngedtogether, one being shown es s bureaufseetion and the other es the Werd robesectionl. The vided withfa A number ofdrawers-G supported on smell metallieangies *Iland'heid in eosed 'snitebiez fasienings 8, 'here At the upper end of Vthis seetienis 'la' space-9,'.having et eeeh side compartments-i0, or

drawers. I 011 the-front of the drawers 6 or en some or aill of them are eompressers or boards Y1i ,Y projected vorv'vard "from the fees Vef the awers 'by means-of oeil o r sian-al s 12 orilZandthese springs ereA imitedii' their outward movement stripsriofsfabrieier ieatherglor they inay be entireiy eased by@ boxing, as shown at i3". Qntherontsiotheieompressors 1 1 iaoed the drawerpulls 14 but these may .readily be bureawseetion i is preit may-be smaiier 'or Vextension by flexible 'omitted andthe drawer puiied out by taking Vhold ofA the board 11. For the purpose of illustration I have shown the lowermost drawer Without e com ressor in order to be `able to pleoe a knooidown or collapsible box 15 in the end of the wardrobe-section 5.

At the top of the wardrobe-section is a. rod 16, sup orted by means of s. Yoke i?, and on this ro are hung the clothes-hangers 18 with the armenie 19 on them. The hooks of the clot ias-hangers 18 are piaeed on rod 16 in front of in front of the germents and hangers is ,usew ally hung e feiiower 21, formed as a grid end having e. suspendinghook 22. The drewer pulls pass between the hars of the grid.

The eoliepsihie box 15 l have shawn for the Seite of eieamess es composed 0f fom' sides the one, o, giiied or otherwise secured to the beek of the wardrobe-section, the one, t, to the bottom of the werdrobesection.' and the other tese sides c and d free. Thefends of the box are formed by the side Wells of the Wardrobe-section. The sides of the box een be eoni-*enisntiy mede 0f pasteioerd covered with biekrsm. The box when ready for use, es shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, has the edge of the lid or side d resti on the. ed e of t e beek e, es shown, and t e lid .orsi e d ear- Vries e hook 23, taking into ari eye 24. Y in order to prevent the frees of the bex (the side e) `from being disgieeederbulged est, I use any suitebie limiting have shown this es e sind le cleat 25, fastened tothe sides of thet iirerobeeeetion, one et each `end of the hexe. The hex is shown in fidi lines, Fig. 2, boe; is loeted et the bottom o the vsfardrohesection and een be eoilepsd whennot in use or when'itfis desired to utilize the full length of the wardrehe-seetion for very long suits or garments. Y I

The operetien' is as Vfoovrfs: eral suitsp clothes or garments by means of their hangers' are hung on rod 16 in front of s ringQG. The feiiowe 21 may' or may not e huxigin front of Ythefha.

ing oroed haok'to compress the spring 2).

The several eompressors devices and in ooiiepsed eosition. This the hooks on the engershef o ooii or ether suitahie spring 2Q, and

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ers asshown i in 1i. The then "e elosedgilie 11 will accommorangement is s date themselves automatically to varying thicknesses, as shown in Fig. 2, their object being to exert suflicient pressure on the gar' ments to hold Ythem extended in the wardrobe-section.` When the trunk is opened, all of the hangers will be rojected forward by spring 20, so that the lollower-Urid and the 4separate hangers can be readily removed. On one end of the trunk (the top of the wardrobe-section) is a rigid hollow i e-like hand1e27, whose ends are three e and have anged-sockets 28 screwed on them, which are in turn secured to the trunk. This prevents the trunk from bein set up on the wrong end. In case of nee I also provide diagonal and transverse straps 29 to hold the garments together and gather in their loose or projectin parts.

Instea yof making the colla sible box as described I may dispense with t' e sides c and' b securing the front c directly to the bottom o the wardrobe-section and letting the lid or side d rest on a cleat d, secured to the back of the Wardrobe-section, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be obvious Vthat in order to increase the capacity of the wardrobe-section the drawers in the bureau-section may be omitted and the s rings 12 and 12? secured directly to the when a suiiicient number Vof compressing members 11 are used the follower-grid may be entirely dis ensed with. Such an arliown iJiFig. 3, where the springs 112 and 112a are 'secured to the lid or cooperating section 4 instead of to 'the drawer-fronts. In this figure I have omitted the follower and shown two coat-hangers therein, one-supporting a' long suit and the others. short coat, the com essors 11 accommodating themselves to t e unequal thickness automatically.

I claim-'` 1. The combination with a trunk having the vwardrobe-section; of compressors to automatically compress the garments in the wardrobe-section and automatically compen- `and so hold Ithe :section by the c osing of the trunk, said sate for unequal thicknesses upon the closing of the trunk'.

"2. The combination with a trunk having the wardrobe-section; -of 4a cooperating sec- .tion and yielding means therein t'o compress rments in the Wardrobemeans automatically compensating for unequal thicknesses of the garments.

3. The combination with a trunk having a support and a clothes-hanger thereon; of means to automatically move he han rs forward alongthe support when he trv is opened.

4. The combination with a trunk havin a 'support and a clothes-hanger thereon; o a spring to automaticallymove the han ers forward along the support when 'the tr is opened.

ack of this section and that 5. The combination with a trunk having clothes-hangers and a support therefor, and a device to automatically move the hangers forward in one section of the trunk; of means in another section of the trunk tocom ress the garments on said hangers, and sai device, when the trunk is closed.

6. The combinationwith one of the trunksections; of a -knockdown folding compartment some of the walls of which are in common with the walls of the section, and when folded form an extension ofsaid section.

7. The combination with a trunk having two, sections; of a com artment having a ront and top capable of eing folded to form an extension of one of said sections.

8. The combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section; of a compressing member, a coil-s ring to project the compressing member an flexible means to limit the projection of the compressing member.

9. The combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section; of compressing members, coil-springs to roject the compressing members and a flexible boxing for said compressing members.

10. The combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section; of a bureau-section having drawers therein and resilient compressing members on the front ofthe drawers.

11. The combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section, clothes-hangers and their support therein, and means to project the han ers forward along the support when the trun is opened; of a bureau-section, drawers therein, resilient compressing members on the drawer-fronts to compress and so hold the clothes in the wardrobe-section when the trunk is closed, and a flexible boxing for said members.

12. In a trunk, means to prevent the trunk from being stood on one of 1ts ends, comprising a bent pipe, threaded on its ends and sockets on the threaded portions, said sockets being secured to the trunk.

13. The combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section; of a rod in and projecting from said section, amant-hangers supported on the rod, a fo lower hung on the rod in front of the ha ers, and means to ro'ect the han ers and ollower along the r w en the trun is opened.

14. The combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section; of means therein to su port clothes-hangers, a follow-er hung on said supporting means, a coperati section and means therein to engage the lower and yieldin ly hold it in t e wardrobe-section.

15. he combination with a trunk having a wardrobe-section and a coperatingsection; of a compressor in said coperati section to engage t e garments throughout t eir length in the wardrobe-section an when the trunk isclosed.

16. The combination witha having old them therein IOO IIO

aWsrdobe-section and a coprating section; of a plurality of yielding compressors in said coperating section to engage the garments in the wardrobe-section and automatically aooommodate themselves@ une ualthioknesses l of ssd arments in the wardro e-seotion.

17. he combination with a. trunk-section of a closure for said section and a compressor thereon to automatcall compress the clothes into said Section when closed, substsntmlly as and for the pur ose set forth.

V18. The com mation with a Huma-section,

l ofa' closure for said sectol'l and a yielding compessor on said closure to automatically press the olotlhes into said Section when the 15 trunk is closed, substanpially as and for the purposes set forth. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presi ence of two subscribinv witness'os.

i Y o HENlsa W. RQQNTREE.

Witnesses:

H. S. YARRINGTON, W. E. KERSEY. 

